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Committee approves RS32137 to move child-support license-suspension rules into statute; removes TANF exemption
Summary
Sen. Brandon Shippey presented RS32137 to relocate administrative rule language on license suspensions for nonpayment of child support into statute; committee voted to print the proposal.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS32137 to print after a presentation from Sen. Brandon Shippey on Jan. 24, 2025. The draft rule-language, taken from IDAPA 16.03.03 (Child Support Services), would move the long-standing administrative rule provision that lists good-cause exemptions to driver’s-license and occupational-license suspensions for child-support nonpayment into statute.
Sen. Brandon Shippey, sponsor of the request, said the proposal returns lawmaking authority to the Legislature by codifying a section of administrative rule. Shippey noted one change from the existing administrative rule: the draft statute would remove Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as an allowable good-cause exemption for avoiding a license suspension for failure to pay child support. "...it is time to move these chapters into code and to return law making to the lawmakers," Shippey said.
Senator Wintrow asked whether the provisions are rules already reviewed and requested the impetus for the change; Shippey said the department worked with him and that he would reserve a fuller explanation for the bill hearing. The committee voted to send RS32137 to print; the motion to print was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
Next steps: RS32137 will be scheduled for a full hearing where the committee and public can examine the statutory language and the policy rationale for removing TANF from the list of good-cause exemptions.
